Croatian Slang

Down in the south of Europe partially lying on the Eastern side of the beautiful Adriatic Sea, lies the proud and strong sporting nation of Croatia. It is a Slavic language related to Russian, Polish, Bulgarian and Czech, but separated from many neighbouring countries with mutually intelligent vocabulary as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, you will be surprised at how the distance between Russia and Croatia can produce so many similarities in a language. Pivo known to English speakers as beer will get you one in any of these countries. But slang in this country won’t help you in others. So we’re here to give you the words they use on the streets as Hrvatski sleng.

English: Map of Slavic languages (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Greetings and Salutations

Dobro došli
Welcome

Dobro Dan
Goodbye

Ništa zato
It doesn’t matter

Sta radiš?
What’s happening?

Kako ti je ime?
What’s your name?

Dobar tek!
Enjoy your meal!

Do viđenjo
Goodbye

Sretan put
Have a good trip

Nema problema
No problems

Uzem si ga na izy!
Take it easy!

Dobro jutro
good morning

Dobar dan
Hello, good day

Drago mi je
Pleased to meet you

Kako si?
How are you?

Bog
Hello/ Goodbye

Kako si?
How are you?

Shto radish?
What are you doing?
nishta, odmaram
nothing, I am relaxing